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Anguo

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Country
  
China

Elevation
  
33 m (107 ft)

Website
  
anguo.gov.cn

Local time
  
Saturday 9:57 PM

Province
  
Hebei

Prefecture-level city
  
Baoding

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area
  
486 km²

Postal code
  
71200

Area code
  
0312

Anguo

Weather
  
5°C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 39% Humidity

Anguo (simplified Chinese: 安国; traditional Chinese: 安國; pinyin: Ānguó), nicknamed "Medicine Capital" (药都, is a county-level city under the administration of and 52 kilometres (32 mi) south of Baoding, central Hebei province, China.

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Map of Anguo, Baoding, Hebei, China

It has a provincially protected Temple of the God of Medicine (藥王廟) established around 100.

In premodern China, Anguo was Qizhou (祁州: Qízhōu). In 1991, Anguo was changed from county into a city. The city governs 20 town-level entities in 486 km2 (188 sq mi), of which the centrally placed Yaocheng (药城: Yàochéng) is the municipal seat. The Chinese playwright Guan Hanqing was born here.

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts:

  • Qizhouyaoshi Subdistrict (祁州药市街道)
  • Towns:

  • Qizhou (祁州镇), Wurenqiao (伍仁桥镇), Shifo (石佛镇), Zhengzhang (郑章镇), Xifoluo (西佛落镇), Dawunü (大五女镇)
  • Townships:

  • Mingguandian Township (明官店乡), Nanloudi Township (南娄底乡), Xi'anguocheng Township (西安国城乡), Beiduancun Township (北段村乡)
  • References

    Anguo Wikipedia